– BARGAINING SESSIONS. The meeting place, time and agenda for each collective 2 bargaining session shall be as agreed upon by the Superintendent and the Association’s designated
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. The meeting place, time and agenda for each collective 2 bargaining session shall be as agreed upon by the Superintendent and the Association’s designated 3 representative. The parties agree to use the Interest-Based process. The SPALC 4 Labor/Management Committee shall meet to determine the agenda, training schedule, and calendar 5 for bargaining of re-openers and successor agreements. Bargaining team members shall receive 6 temporary duty leave as required for the purpose of attending to bargaining related duties.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. The meeting place, time and agenda for each collective 2 bargaining session shall be as agreed upon by the Superintendent and the Association’s designated 3 representative. The parties agree to use the Interest-Based process. The TALC Labor/Management 4 Committee shall meet to determine the agenda, training schedule, and calendar for bargaining of 5 re-openers and successor agreements. Bargaining team members shall receive temporary duty 6 leave as required for the purpose of attending to bargaining related duties
8 (1) Re-opener: Reopeners are restricted to two (2) articles per party in addition to Article 10 9 (Compensation) and Article 11 (Benefits). Additional article may be re-opened upon mutual 10 agreement of the parties.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. The Association’s negotiation team, of which three (3) may be on duty, shall be allowed time off to participate in bargaining sessions. The dates, times and places for negotiating sessions shall be established by mutual agreement.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. In scheduling bargaining meetings, the schedules of employees voluntarily serving on the bargaining team shall be taken into consideration in an effort to minimize sessions during off duty hours but also minimize disruptions to normal public services. When in negotiations with the City, one member of the bargaining team shall be allowed off from each shift. A second member of the bargaining team shall be allowed off from any shift where the second member does not create overtime. Members from the night shift who are participating shall be allowed off duty from eight (8) hours prior to the start of the bargaining until eight (8) hours after the end of the bargaining session. Members participating from the day shift shall be allowed off duty from one hour before the start of the bargaining until one hour after.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. No recording devices shall be permitted in these meetings. The subject and content of these meetings shall be kept confidential except for reports to the parties’ appropriate constituents as provided in Section (D). Either party reserves the right to delete or modify any proposals it deems necessary during the course of these negotiations.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. During the implementation of the committee phase of the IBB process, the committees will meet following the Communications Lab in which the interest statements have been shared. Committees will proceed as follows: Following the committee meetings, minutes will be developed and sent to subcommittee members to be approved. Upon approval, copies of minutes will be provided to the RNEA Bargaining Chair and RSD Assistant Superintendent Human Resources. Committees need to work as a committee of the whole to discuss assigned interest statements and to develop agreements for the assigned interest statements. However, individual members of the committee may be assigned specific research responsibilities which should be reported to the entire committee. Interest statements assigned to a committee should not be divided among committee members to determine agreements for the committee. Make-up session day (due to inclement weather or other circumstances) – The bargaining chairs may schedule a make-up session if an additional bargaining day is required. All committees are empowered to develop a consensus resolution. All resolutions are tentative pending consensus approval of the joint RSD / RNEA IBB committee. Committee meetings are closed to all but committee members. Except in the following circumstances: • Others can be invited by the consensus of the group for the purpose of information gathering. • The Rockwood School District Superintendent or RSD Bargaining Chair along with the RNEA President or RNEA Bargaining Chair may at their discretion sit-in on committee meetings without prior invitation from the committee. With the permission of the committee members the superintendent or RSD Bargaining Chair and the RNEA President or RNEA Bargaining Chair may take part in committee discussions. This is to only be done when both the superintendent or RSD Bargaining Chair and the RNEA President or RNEA Bargaining Chair are both present. Each committee will convene to write the final language for each issue to be presented to the joint RSD/RNEA IBB Committee using the Report-Out form. Language will be taken from the Report-Out form to comprise the Current Agreement. However, the IBB Team may designate one person to organize the Reports into one Current Agreement for review.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. 2.3.1 The initial bargaining session shall be arranged within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of receipt of the letter to initiate negotiations. The initial bargaining session shall be held no later than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement or two (2) weeks after receipt of notice--whichever comes later--unless the parties otherwise mutually agree.
2.3.2 All proposals shall be presented at the initial bargaining session. No items shall be added unless mutually agreed to by both parties.
2.3.3 The initial session and all future sessions shall not adjourn until a time, place, and date have been established for the next bargaining session.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. 4.3.1 Only members of the respective bargaining teams may be present during bargaining sessions. Other parties may be permitted to be present only by mutual agreement of the parties.
4.3.2 All bargaining will be conducted in closed sessions. No recording or official transcripts shall be made without mutual agreement of the parties.
4.3.3 Bargaining will only be conducted between the representatives of the parties and only in regular bargaining sessions at the times, dates, and places mutually agreed upon by the parties. The time, date, place and agenda of subsequent sessions will be set by mutual agreement of the parties prior to the close of each bargaining session.
4.3.4 Bargaining sessions shall be scheduled at times which will not interfere with the employee work day and the educational programs of the District.
4.3.5 Other meeting ground rules, such as smoking, refreshments, or the use of taping shall be by mutual agreement at the table.
4.3.6 During meetings, each party is free to caucus at any time.
4.3.7 A team member may speak to any issue at the table as requested by the spokesperson for that team.
– BARGAINING SESSIONS. A. The initial bargaining session shall be arranged within fourteen (14) days of the date of receipt of the letter to initiate negotiations. The initial bargaining session shall be held no later than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement or two (2) weeks after receipt of notice – whichever comes later - unless the parties otherwise mutually agree.
B. Items for negotiation, together with complete written proposals thereon, shall be exchanged at the initial bargaining session. No new items shall be added unless mutually agreed to by both parties.
C. The negotiations sessions will be no longer than one and one-half (1 ½) hours in length, unless mutually agreed.
